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- slychiu - 11-26-2009
Note that there is a new and easier way to introduce delays between actions, see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum92/4062.html
Comfort II Ultra as 32 user Timers which can be used to implement delays from a Response to another.
The format of the Timer action is as follows;
\"Do Response X after Y seconds using Timer Z\"
This means that Timer Z (1 to 32) is started for a duration of Y seconds (1 to 65534 seconds) at the end of which, Response X is activated
Important:
Note that the Timer action merely starts the timer, the action does not wait for the timer to expire, for example
Response 123
Output 1 ON
Do Response 200 after 60 seconds using Timer 20
Output 2 ON
End of response
Response 200
Output 3 ON
End of Response
When Response 123 is activated, Output 1 will turn on, Timer 20 is started, and Output 2 is turned on. This means Output 1 and 2 will appearr to turn on almost simultaneously. Output 3 will turn on after 60 seconds
Some may have the wrong idea that Output 1 turns on, then after a delay of 60 seconds Response 200 is activated, then only output 2 turns on. This is incorrect.
There is no delay by actions within a Response. All actions are executed one after the other
There is a topic on how to Flash lights during an alarm in http://www.comfortforums.com/forum83/1681.html
This is a good example of the use of timers and how useful they can be.
- slychiu - 11-27-2009
Another important thing to know is that there can only be one instance of a timer running at any time. if you use a timer you will stop the timer if it is already running
For Example, the Response
Do Response X after 20 seconds using Timer 1
Do Response Y after 10 seconds using Timer 1
Do Response Z after 5 seconds using Timer 1
will result in Response Z after 5 seconds. Response X and Y will not get activated because Timer 1 is restarted and reloaded with Response Y in the second line, and then immediately restarted and reloaded with Response Z in the 3rd line
If the intention is to do all three Responses after the delays then use different timer, eg
Do Response X after 20 seconds using Timer 1
Do Response Y after 10 seconds using Timer 2
Do Response Z after 5 seconds using Timer 3
- slychiu - 11-27-2009
Checking if a Timer is Running
You can check if a timer is running in the Response Wizard
eg
If Timer Timer05 <> 0 Then
Do Response..
...
End If
TimerX <> 0 means the timer is running
TimerX = 0 means the timer is stopped
- slychiu - 11-27-2009
Stop Timer
You can stop a timer using the Stop Timer Action. This prevents the Timer Response at the end of the timer from working
eg, a Response starts a timer
Do Response X after 60 seconds using Timer 20
If before the timer is finishethe response below is activated
Stop Timer 20
This stops the timer 20 and hence Response X will not work
- surmall - 08-09-2012
Got it
- palmlodge - 08-11-2012
Ideas for future releases
1. A Pause command so you don\'t have to create many many responses
2. A user \"Any free timer not running\" option rather than choosing one
- ident - 08-12-2012
How would you use the pause command? What does it pause?
\"any free timer\" - you dont really save much time by not selecting a specific timer?
Do you have an example of what Response you are trying to write?
- srooks - 06-25-2013
Is it possible to set the duration of a timer from a counter? I\'d like to be able to vary the duration of a timer, based on the input from a KT03 slider control.
S
- ident - 06-26-2013
There is no action to do this, but I will ask the R&D if it can be done in the future
- TheMax74 - 06-26-2013
I think PAUSE means to suspend response execution for xx seconds. Like a Threading.Thread.Sleep in response code.